New Brunswick advances to semifinal

SaltWire Network

Published: Aug 26, 2017 at midnight

Updated: Sep 30, 2017 at 3:37 a.m.

SUMMERSIDE – New Brunswick has advanced to the 2017 Ray Carter Cup semifinals.

Ray Carter Cup.

New Brunswick defeated Nova Scotia 4-1 in an all-Maritime quarter-final game at Baseball Canada’s national 15-under championship. New Brunswick, which finished the round robin 3-2 (won-lost), will face Ontario (2-2) on Sunday at 11:45 a.m. It will be a rematch of the final game of the round robin on Saturday afternoon – a contest Ontario won 8-0. Nova Scotia, which went 2-3 in the round robin, will face British Columbia (1-3) in the fifth-place game at 2:45 p.m. The other semifinal will feature Saskatchewan (3-1) taking on Quebec (4-0) at 11:30 a.m. The bronze-medal game is scheduled for 3:30 p.m., and the gold-medal match is slated for 6:30 p.m. P.E.I. (1-3), which lost 11-1 to Quebec on Saturday, will play Alberta (2-2) for seventh place at 8:45 a.m.